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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Todd Matthew Fitch, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Thomas A. Frasher, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Elliot M. Lynde, Verona, WI (US);
Todd Matthew Fitch, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Thomas A. Frasher, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Elliot M. Lynde, Verona, WI (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountian View, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for using a multimedia service associated with a venue. The method includes steps of obtaining a pre-approved activation code associated with the venue, activating the multimedia service associated with the venue using the pre-approved activation code and an identification of a multimedia device, requesting the multimedia service using the multimedia device, and receiving the multimedia service using the multimedia device within a pre-determined range from a pre-determined locality of the venue, wherein the request is authenticated based on a locality of the multimedia device being within the pre-determined range from the pre-determined locality of the venue.